- Author: Pamela S Kan-Rice
Flexible Work Agreements
Employees and supervisors should review Flexible Work Agreements annually to ensure the agreement is still meeting the needs of the employee and unit, including organizational goals, establish performance expectations and compliance considerations.
Now is the time to re-review and evaluate those agreements that are about to expire! Please be sure to submit your Flexible Work Agreement Form updates by June 14, 2024.
To submit your Flexible Work Agreement, go to
- Author: Pamela S Kan-Rice
With technology advancements such as ChatGPT, Google Bard and other artificial intelligence (AI)-driven platforms, there's growing enthusiasm within our community to leverage these tools and integrate them into the university context. The following advisory provides guidance on how to use these tools safely, without putting institutional, personal or proprietary information at risk. Additional guidance may be forthcoming as circumstances evolve.
UC ANR recognizes the potential for AI technologies to perpetuate biases and inequalities if not implemented and monitored carefully. Therefore, all AI systems and algorithms used within the university must undergo thorough scrutiny for bias and fairness throughout their...
- Author: Pamela S Kan-Rice
Join the UC ANR Moves event on Wednesday, May 1, from 1:15 to 2 p.m. UC ANR Moves promotes health and well-being by encouraging all employees to take a walk or engage in another physical activity for 30 to 40 minutes This annual event is intended to promote a thriving culture of health and well-being throughout UC ANR's work environment.
At 1:15 p.m., Scott Brayton, Staff Assembly chair, will kick off the event with a stretch session. Join him by Zoom:
Zoom
The University of California plans to provide a general 4.2% salary increase for eligible, policy-covered staff employees and academic employees, contingent on the outcome of the state budget allocation. UC President Drake recently shared his support of the general increase, along with the expectation that should the state budget be significantly altered, an updated announcement may be shared.
Policy-covered staff employees
- Salary increases will be implemented as a general increase, where all eligible policy-covered staff employees would receive a 4.2% increase to their base salary, effective July 1, 2024, for monthly and June 23, 2024, for bi-weekly paid...
- Author: Pamela S Kan-Rice
The University invites comments on proposed revisions to the following Academic Personnel Manual policy:
- APM - 016, University Policy on Faculty Conduct and the Administration of Discipline
Summarized below are the proposed key policy revisions that are being distributed for systemwide review.
Key policy revisions
The policy revisions respond to the need to revise APM - 016 to address the handling of simultaneous academic misconduct investigations and personnel actions and include:
- Pause on Academic Personnel Review Actions: At the beginning of a formal investigation of alleged misconduct by a...